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County profile

Macon

United States · GDP 2024
#1224 of 3,127 US counties by GDP28th-percentile growthmore diversified than 62% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.1B
GDP growth
+1.7%
Jobs tracked
10,736
Employers
1,282
Avg. wage
$45.7k
Population
39,232
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$59.1k±$6.1k
Business applications
471 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Retail trade26%
Food & accommodation25%
Health care18%
Construction13%
Information9%
Other services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
39,232
residents · 2025 · +5.8% since 2020
Income per capita $56.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3,167
International migration+197
Natural change−1,241

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.7B
2019
$1.7B
2020
$1.7B
2021
$1.9B
2022
$2.1B
2023
$2.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$251.9k±$16.6k
Median gross rent
$803/mo±$56/mo
Vacancy rate
32.4%±2.5%
Affordability
5.5× wages
Residential permits
251 (6.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
73.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$987/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 100Cold wave 93Lightning 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
173
2016
182
2017
188
2018
204
2019
213
2020
239
2021
301
2022
325
2023
354
2024
363
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$45.7k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Fremont$2.1BPhelps$2.1BColquitt$2.1BFayette$2.1BLonoke$2.1BJackson$2.1B
The read

Macon's economy produced $2.1B in 2024, growing 1.7% year over year — slower than 72% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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